SPORT, AMENITIES, RECREATION IN KESGRAVE

Registered charity 1077587 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SPARK, SPORT AND RECREATION IN KESGRAVE ( SPARK )

SPARK is established to provide and assist in the provision for sport, recreation and other leisure time occupations for the benefit of the inhabitants of the town of Kesgrave in the interests of social welfare and in order to improve the quality of life of the said inhabitants.

Objects

SPARK IS ESTABLISHED TO PROVIDE AND ASSIST IN THE PROVISION FOR SPORT, RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE TOWN OF KESGRAVE AND SURROUNDING AREA IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE SAID INHABITANTS

Area of benefit: KESGRAVE AND SURROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets decreased to £39,303 from £163,742 in the prior year, primarily due to a transfer of £185,786 to a new charity entity, SPARK CIO. The charity reports no specific reserves policy target, noting that apart from the charity shop, it has no overheads or recurring costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Transferred assets to another charity (17/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANGELA V FINCH · trustee of 1 other charity
• ASHLEY JORDAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Charles Howard · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID MARK STEWARD · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr KEITH STEWART YOUNG · trustee of 1 other charity
• JUDITH FRANCIS · trustee of 2 other charities
• Joanne Marie Tillinghast · trustee of 1 other charity
• MOLLY ARNOT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nicholas John Francis · trustee of 1 other charity

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Suffolk

Income and spending

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